Psalm 8

For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David.

1O Lord, our Lord,

how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!

You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!

2From the mouths of children and nursing babies

you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries,

so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made,

and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

4Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them?

Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,

5and make them a little less than the heavenly beings?

You grant mankind honor and majesty;

6you appoint them to rule over your creation;

you have placed everything under their authority,

7including all the sheep and cattle,

as well as the wild animals,

8the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea

and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.

9O Lord, our Lord,

how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!